Acting US President Donald Trump has never called Vice President Mike Pence since the storming of the Capitol on January 6. This became known to the correspondent of NBC channel Halle Jackson from sources familiar with the situation.
According to the publication, relations between politicians at the moment cannot be called good. In particular, Trump did not try to contact Pence while he and his family were hiding in a bunker from supporters of the incumbent president who broke into the Capitol. Trump did not call the vice president after the January 6 events. “It’s a striking detail, and I think it reflects … how hostile [their relationship] has become,” Jackson remarked on the air.
Earlier it was reported that Pence decided to go to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20. At the same time, Biden called the decision of the current American head Donald Trump not to attend the event, which he announced earlier, as good.
On January 7, the US Congress, amid the riots, approved the election of Joe Biden as president. He received over 270 electoral votes. A day earlier, protesters Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building and surrounded the Senate Hall. The Senate and House of Representatives suspended the meeting. The Washington Capitol building was later cleared of protesters.